BANGKOK: Thailand and Cambodia signed a ceasefire agreement on Saturday (Dec 27), according to a joint statement by their defence ministers.
The ceasefire will take effect from noon local time (1pm Singapore).
It follows three days of talks between the Southeast Asian neighbours who have been locked in fierce border clashes for weeks.
An earlier ceasefire, brokered by US President Donald Trump, broke down in early December, with at least 98 people killed on both sides and more than half a million displaced.
Thailand and Cambodia have accused each other of moves that led to the breakdown of the July truce, which was expanded into a wider agreement in October to help settle the conflict.
The neighbours have long disputed sections of their 817km land border, and the latest fighting has stretched from forested inland areas near Laos to coastal provinces.
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